• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.729-747
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• 2022

The critical buckling loads and buckling modes of bi-directional functionally graded porous unified higher order shear plate with elastic foundation are investigated. A mathematical model based on neutral axis rather than midplane is developed in comprehensive way for the first time in this article. The material constituents form ceramic and metal are graded through thickness and axial direction by the power function distribution. The voids and cavities inside the material are proposed by three different porosity models through the thickness of plate. The constitutive parameters and force resultants are evaluated relative to the neutral axis. Unified higher order shear plate theories are used to satisfy the zero-shear strain/stress at the top and bottom surfaces. The governing equilibrium equations of bi-directional functionally graded porous unified plate (BDFGPUP) are derived by Hamilton's principle. The equilibrium equations in the form of coupled variable coefficients partial differential equations is solved by using numerical differential integral quadrature method (DIQM). The validation of the present model is presented and compared with previous works for bucking. Deviation in buckling loads for both mid-plane and neutral plane are developed and discussed. The numerical results prove that the shear functions, distribution indices, boundary conditions, elastic foundation and porosity type have significant influence on buckling stability of BDFGPUP. The current mathematical model may be used in design and analysis of BDFGPU used in nuclear, mechanical, aerospace, and naval application.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.269-287
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• 2023

The WGJ420 fire-resistant weathering (FRW) steel is developed and manufactured with standard yield strength of 420 MPa at room temperature, which is expected to significantly enhance the performance of steel structures with excellent fire and corrosion resistances, strong seismic capacity, high strength and ductility, good resilience and robustness. In this paper, the mechanical properties of FRW steel plates and buckling behavior of columns are investigated through tests at elevated temperatures. The stress-strain curves, mechanical properties of FRW steel such as modulus of elasticity, proof strength, tensile strength, as well as corresponding reduction factors are obtained and discussed. The recommended constitutive model based on the Ramberg-Osgood relationship, as well as the relevant formulas for mechanical properties are proposed, which provide fundamental mechanical parameters and references. A total of 12 FRW steel welded I-section columns with different slenderness ratios and buckling load ratios are tested under standard fire to understand the global buckling behavior in-depth. The influences of boundary conditions on the buckling failure modes as well as the critical temperatures are also investigated. In addition, the temperature distributions at different sections/locations of the columns are obtained. It is found that the buckling deformation curve can be divided into four stages: initial expansion stage, stable stage, compression stage and failure stage. The fire test results concluded that the residual buckling capacities of FRW steel columns are substantially higher than the conventional steel columns at elevated temperatures. Furthermore, the numerical results show good agreement with the fire test results in terms of the critical temperature and maximum axial elongation. Finally, the critical temperatures between the numerical results and various code/standard curves (GB 51249, Eurocode 3, AS 4100, BS 5950 and AISC) are compared and verified both in the buckling resistance domain and in the temperature domain. It is demonstrated that the FRW steel columns have sufficient safety redundancy for fire resistance when they are designed according to current codes or standards.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2023

동상은 토양과 외부 환경적 영향으로 인해 수치해석적 평가에 어려움이 있다. 열-수리-역학 연계 해석은 입력변수가 과도하고 주로 점토성 토양에 대한 검증에 국한되어 실제 동상에 민감한 실트질 토양에 적용하기에는 한계가 있다. 열역학 관점의 경험적 접근 방법은 비교적 간단하게 동상 해석이 가능하고, 구성방정식과 동상 해석 결과를 연계하여 역학적 해석도 가능하다는 장점을 보유하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Segregation Potential(SP)을 이용한 동상 해석 모델을 소개하고 실트질 함유량에 따른 동상 실험 결과와 비교·분석을 통해 신뢰성을 평가하고 있다. SP 모델은 본 연구에서 검토된 실트질 토양의 동상 해석이 가능하지만, 다양한 실트질 토양에 대한 추가적인 검토를 통해 핵심 입력변수에 대한 자료수집이 필요하다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.441-450
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• 2023

β-Catenin (Ctnnb1) has been shown to play critical roles in the development and maintenance of epithelial cells, including the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Ctnnb1 is not only a component of intercellular junctions in the epithelium, it also functions as a transcriptional regulator in the Wnt signaling pathway. To identify which of its functional modalities is critically involved in mouse RPE development and maintenance, we varied Ctnnb1 gene content and activity in mouse RPE lineage cells and tested their impacts on mouse eye development. We found that a Ctnnb1 double mutant (Ctnnb1^dm), which exhibits impaired transcriptional activity, could not replace Ctnnb1 in the RPE, whereas Ctnnb1^Y654E, which has reduced affinity for the junctions, could do so. Expression of the constitutively active Ctnnb1^∆ex3 mutant also suppressed the development of RPE, instead facilitating a ciliary cell fate. However, the post-mitotic or mature RPE was insensitive to the loss, inactivation, or constitutive activation of Ctnnb1. Collectively, our results suggest that Ctnnb1 should be maintained within an optimal range to specify RPE through transcriptional regulation of Wnt target genes in the optic neuroepithelium.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권6호
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• pp.529-540
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• 2023

A novel laminated-hybrid-composite-beam (LHCB) of glass-epoxy infused with flyash and graphene is constructed for this study. The conventional mixture-rule and constitutive-relationship are modified to incorporate filler and lamina orientation. Eringen's non-local-theory is used to include the filler effect. Hamilton's principle based on fifth-order-layer-wise-shear-deformation-theory is applied to formulate the equation of motion. The analogous shear-spring-models for LHCB with multiple-cracks are employed in finite-element-analysis (FEA). Modal-experimentations are conducted (B&K-analyser) and the findings are compared with theoretical and FEA results. In terms of dimensionless relative-natural-frequencies (RNF), the dynamic-response in cantilevered support is investigated for various relative-crack-severities (RCSs) and relative-crack-positions (RCPs). The increase of RCS increases local-flexibility in LHCB thus reductions in RNFs are observed. RCP is found to play an important role, cracks present near the end-support cause an abrupt drop in RNFs. Further, multiple cracks are observed to enhance the nonlinearity of LHCB strength. Introduction of the first to third crack in an intact LHCB results drop of RNFs by 8%, 10%, and 11.5% correspondingly. Also, it is demonstrated that the RNF varies because of the lamina-orientation, and filler addition. For 0° lamina-orientation the RNF is maximum. Similarly, it is studied that the addition of graphene reduces weight and increases the stiffness of LHCB in contrast to the addition of flyash. Additionally, the response of LHCB to moving mass is accessed by appropriately modifying the numerical programs, and it is noted that the successive introduction of the first to ninth crack results in an approximately 40% to 120% increase in the dynamic-amplitude-ratio.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 유효응력모델을 이용하여 포화된 사면의 동적거동에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 수치해석에는 저자가 개발한 연성 유효응력모델인 UBSSAND모델을 이용하였으며, 이 모델은 초기전단응력이 수평면에 작용하는 경우와 작용하지 않는 경우를 포함한 반복 직접단순전단시험 자료를 이용하여 검증하였다. 검증된 모델은 느슨한 Fraser River 모래로 성형된 사면을 가진 원심모형모델의 동적거동을 예측하였다. 예측된 과잉간극수압, 가속도 및 변위를 계측치와 서로 비교하였으며, 예측치와 계측치는 비교적 서로 잘 일치하였다. 전단응력도의 응력전환형태는 초기전단응력과 반복전단응력의 크기에 따라 달라지며, 이는 지진시 포화된 사면의 안정해석에 아주 중요한 역할을 하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 전단응력도의 응력전환이 발생하지 않을 경우에 사면근처의 모래는 낮은 유효응력 구속압과 그에 따른 팽창성으로(부의 과잉간극수압발생) 유효응력이 증가하여, 동적하중 하의 사면의 변위를 저지하였다. 이와 같은 유효응력모델은 액상화를 고려한 지반구조물의 내진해석에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2008

현장실험의 경우 규모에 따라 시간이나 비용 등의 측면에서 많은 제약과 어려움이 따르지만, 실내모형실험은 현장 실험에 비해 매개변수에 따라 다양한 실험을 실시할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 축소된 모형을 사용하여 경제적으로 현장 원형구조물의 지반공학적 거동을 재현하기 위하여 인위적으로 원심력을 가하여 현장의 응력상태를 재현시킬 수 있는 원심모형실험기법을 실시하여 준설지반의 압밀거동을 예측하고 분석하는데 이용하였다. 자중압밀단계의 간극비-유효응력-투수계수의 관계를 유추하기 위하여 저응력 침투압밀 시험을 실시한 결과를 Curve fitting 결과 누승함수 형태의 구성관계를 얻을 수 있었다. 구성관계식을 이용하여 대표단면을 프로그램으로 수치해석 한 결과 최종침하량은 원심모형 실험에 의한 자중압밀 실험결과와 유사한 경향의 결과를 보이고 있었으나 원심모형실험 결과보다 다소 작게 산정되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 정적 및 액상화와 같은 동적하중을 받는 흙의 거동해석을 위한 두 개의 활성면을 가진 구성모델을 제안하였다. 이 모델은 두 개의 활성면에 기초하고 있으며, 첫번째면은 회전하는 최대전단면을 나타내며 두 번째면은 고정된 수평면을 나타낸다. 이와 같은 두 개의 활성면을 이용하여 본 모델은 초기의 다른 응력상태하에 있는 시료의 직접단순전단시에 발생하는 주응력회전현상을 모델링할 수 있다. 제안된 모델은 초기의 응력비에 관계없이 평균유효응력이 동일할 경우에 유사한 거동을 보이는 흙의 실내실험결과를 묘사할 수 있다 그리고, 배수시 반복 직접단순전단으로 발생하는 흙의 거동 즉 제하시에 나타나는 체적감소 및 대변형에서 발생하는 체적팽창을 묘사할 수 있다. 비배수시의 흙의 정적 및 동적 거동은 배수거동에서 흙 골격사이에 존재하는 물의 구속력을 고려함으로써 해석하였다. 본 모델의 구성관계식은 응력-물의 상관관계를 동시에 묘사할 수 있는 FLAC을 이용하여 구현하였다. 배수 직접단순전단 시험을 이용한 Fraser River Sand의 실험결과를 이용하여 모델을 먼저 검증하였으며, 동일한 입력변수를 이용한 Fraser River Sand 비배수 거동의 예측치와 실험치를 비교하여 검증하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2022

The influence of normal stress perpendicular to the potential shear plane was always neglected in existing researches, which may lead to a serious deviation of the shear strength of concrete members in practice designs and numerical analyses. In this study, a series of experimental studies are carried out in this paper, which serves to investigate the shear behavior of concrete under compression shear loading. Based on the test results, a three-phase shear failure model for cohesive elements are developed, which is able to take into consideration the influence of normal stress on the shear strength of concrete. To identify the accuracy and applicability of the proposed model, numerical models of a double-noted concrete plate are developed and compared with experimental results. Results show that the proposed constitutive model is able to take into consideration the influence of normal stress on the shear strength of concrete materials, and is effective and accurate for describing the complex fracture of concrete, especially the failure modes under compression shear loadings.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제13권 2호
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• pp.163-181
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• 2022

To study the mechanical properties of steel reinforced recycled concrete (SRRC) filled circular steel tube columns under eccentric compression loads, this study presents a finite element model which can simulate the eccentrically compressed columns using ABAQUS software. The analytical model was established by selecting the reasonable nonlinear analysis theory and the constitutive relationship of materials in the columns. The influences of design parameters on the eccentric compressive performance of columns were also considered in detail, such as the diameter-thickness ratio of circular steel tube, replacement percentage of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA), slenderness ratio, eccentricity, recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) strength and steel strength and so on. The deformation diagram, stress nephogram and load-displacement curves of the eccentrically compressed columns were obtained and compared with the test results of specimens. The results show that although there is a certain error between the calculation results and the test results, the error is small, which shows the rationality on the numerical model of eccentrically compressed columns. The failure of the columns is mainly due to the symmetrical bending of the columns towards the middle compression zone, which is a typical compression bending failure. The eccentric bearing capacity and deformation capacity of columns increase with the increase of the strength of steel tube and profile steel respectively. Compared with profile steel, the strength of steel tube has a greater influence on the eccentric compressive performance of columns. Improving the strength of RAC is beneficial to the eccentric bearing capacity of columns. In addition, the eccentric bearing capacity and deformation capacity of columns decrease with the increase of replacement percentage of RCA. The section form of profile steel has little influence on the eccentric compression performance of columns. On this basis, the calculation formulas on the nominal eccentric bearing capacity of columns were also put forward and the results calculated by the proposed formulas are in good agreement with the test values.